Aqueous shunt eye without graft at Hackensack University Medical Center

30 Prospect Avenue, Hackensack, NJ · Hackensack Meridian Health · · NPI 1457456279

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Dec 31, 2025 · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

$6,076.38

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$13,182.00

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$2,320.54 with KARNA vs $22,263.00 with UNITED HEALTHCARE — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
KARNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,320.54 ↓ -62%
CLOVER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $2,372.76 ↓ -61%
HORIZON MANAGED MEDICAID $2,728.00 ↓ -55%
AETNA MANAGED MEDICAID $3,308.68 ↓ -46%
LHP HEALTH ALL PRODUCTS $3,548.00 ↓ -42%
SEOUL MEDICAL GROUP ALL PRODUCTS $3,770.05 ↓ -38%
OPTUM HEALTH MANAGED MEDICAID $4,861.11 ↓ -20%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,044.08 ↓ -1%
HORIZON BCBS BRAVEN MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,076.38 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,076.38 ↑ +0%
WELLCARE MANAGED MEDICAID $6,076.38 ↑ +0%
VACCN ALL PRODUCTS $6,076.38 ↑ +0%
OPTUM HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,076.38 ↑ +0%
HORIZON MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,076.38 ↑ +0%
UNITED COMMUNITY/AMERICHOICE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $6,380.20 ↑ +5%
CHN ALL PRODUCTS $7,057.81 ↑ +16%
QUALCARE HMO $7,712.00 ↑ +27%
AETNA PPO $7,773.00 ↑ +28%
AETNA ASA $7,773.00 ↑ +28%
AETNA HMO $7,773.00 ↑ +28%
AMERIHEALTH LOCAL HMO $8,013.00 ↑ +32%
CIGNA HMO $8,357.00 ↑ +38%
ACTIVECARE FIRST MCO ALL PRODUCTS $8,539.00 ↑ +41%
HORIZON OMNIA $8,632.89 ↑ +42%
AMERIHEALTH REGIONAL HMO $8,904.00 ↑ +47%
INTERGROUP ALL PRODUCTS $9,227.40 ↑ +52%
BERGEN RISK ALL PRODUCTS $9,886.50 ↑ +63%
HORIZON PIP $9,886.50 ↑ +63%
CIGNA PPO $10,049.00 ↑ +65%
CIGNA BH $10,545.60 ↑ +74%
MULTIPLAN - PHCS ALL PRODUCTS $11,204.70 ↑ +84%
QUALCARE WORKERS COMP $11,731.98 ↑ +93%
QUALCARE PPO $11,731.98 ↑ +93%
BRIGHTON HEALTH PLAN ALL PRODUCTS $11,863.80 ↑ +95%
HORIZON HMO $12,554.54 ↑ +107%
HORIZON INDEMNITY $12,619.13 ↑ +108%
HORIZON SHP $12,699.54 ↑ +109%
HORIZON PPO $12,855.09 ↑ +112%
HORIZON FEDERAL $12,855.09 ↑ +112%
HORIZON WORKERS COMP $16,802.00 ↑ +177%
OXFORD ALL PRODUCTS $18,362.00 ↑ +202%
UNITED HEALTHCARE HMO $22,263.00 ↑ +266%
AMERIGROUP MANAGED MEDICAID not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel $5,711.08 $5,711.08 – $6,853.29
Ocean University Medical Center Brick $5,638.94 $2,230.96 – $6,766.73
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Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $5,711.08 $2,230.96 – $6,853.29
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $6,076.38 $2,320.54 – $6,623.26
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy $5,716.03 $2,320.54 – $6,859.24
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank $5,711.08 $2,230.96 – $6,853.29
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin $5,638.94 $2,230.96 – $6,766.73

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